Serious Investors Read Barron’s

Barron’s has been delivering market-beating stock picks and investment advice to wealthy readers since 1921. We’re known for moving the market in stocks with well-researched, well-argued stories and opinions, and we’re excited to continue that tradition for a new generation of investors across a wider range of channels.

The Barron’s Reader

Barron’s readers are elite investors actively involved in managing their investments and wealth management professionals. They read Barron’s for insights into a wide range of investment vehicles, broad analysis of global markets, trends in the wealth management profession and profiles of standouts in the industry. Barron's provides them objective coverage of markets with a long-standing tradition of finding value in a wide spectrum of asset classes.

$4,076,000Average household net worth

26%Hold c-suite titles

$3,622,000Average household investments​

99%report taking some type of action after reading Barron's

$325,000Average personal income

27%Serve on a board of directors

2 hours 9 minutesAverage time spent reading Barron's​per week

30%Are financial advisors with team AUM ofover ​$983 million on average

Reader data source: Barron's 2016 Print-Online-Mobile (POM) Study.

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